CURRENT POSITION

Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.  (2015-present)

 

PRIOR ACADEMIC POSITIONS

President (elected), University Senate, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.  (2014-2017)

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.  (2009-2015)

Director of Faculty Advising, WCSU (2008-2011)

Director, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, WCSU (2010-2014)

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.  (2004-2009)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Health Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (2002–2004)

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Social Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

B.A. College of Social Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Connecticut State University Trustees Teaching Award, 2009

Awarded Reassigned Time for Research (3 credits:  2008-09)

Connecticut State University Board of Trustees Research Grant (2006)

WCSU Curriculum Development Grant (2006)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (1998-2001)

Regents’ Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University (1998-2001)

Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University (1998-2001)

SPSP Student Travel Award (January 2002)

Graduate College Travel Award, Arizona State University (August 2001)

 

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Barrett, D.W. (2017).  Social psychology:  Core concepts and emerging trends.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Press.

Barrett, D.W. (2007). Test Bank for Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction. Boston: Pearson Education.

Wosinska, W., Cialdini, R. B., Barrett, D. W., & Reykowski, J. (Eds.). (2001).  The practice of social influence in multiple cultures.  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum, Associates.

 

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Barrett, D.W. (2015). Social influence. In B.S. Turner, C. Kyung-Sup, C. Epstein, P. Kivistio, W. Outwaite, & J.M. Ryan (Eds.), in the 6-volume Encyclopedia of social theory. New York: Wiley Blackwell.

Barrett, D.W., Cappella, J., Fishbein, M., Yzer, M., & Ahern, R.K. (2010).   Measuring the effectiveness of anti-drug Public Service Announcements. In M.B. Hinner (Ed.), Freiberger Beitraege zur Interkulturellen und Wirtschaftskommunikation: A Forum for General and Intercultural Business Communication (pp. 297-328). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang.

Wosinska, W., Cialdini, R.B., Petrova, P., Griskevicius, V., Barrett, D.W., Gornik-Durose, M., & Butner, J. (2009). Resistance to deficient organizational authority: The impact of culture and connectedness in the workplace. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 834-851.

Hennessy, M., Fishbein, M, Curtis, B., & Barrett, D. W. (2008).  Confirming preferences or collecting data?  Information search strategies and romantic partner selection.  Psychology, Health, & Medicine, 13, 202-221.

Hennessy, M., Curtis, B., Barrett, D. W., & Fishbein, M. (2007).  Evaluating the risk and attractiveness of romantic partners when confronted with contradictory cues. AIDS and Behavior, 11, 479-490.

Barrett, D. W. (2007).  Informational Influence. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), in Encyclopedia of social psychology.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Cialdini, R. B., Demaine, L., Sagarin, B. J., Barrett, D. W., Rhoads, K., & Winter, P. (2006).  Managing social norms for persuasive impact.  Social Influence, 1, 3-15.

Henderson, V. R., Hennessy, M., Barrett, D. W., Martin, S., Fishbein, M. (2006).  Tell me more: Sensation seeking and information seeking in evaluations of romantic partners.  Journal of Research on Personality, 40,611-630.

Barrett, D. W., Patock-Peckham, J. A., Hutchinson, G., & Nagoshi, C. T. (2005).  Social
cognitive motivation and religious orientation.  Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 461-474.

Henderson, V. R., McCoy-Roth, M., Hennessy, M., Barrett, D. W., Curtis, B., Trentacoste, N., & Fishbein, M.  (2005).  When risky is attractive:  Sensation seeking and romantic partner selection.  Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 311-325.

Barrett, D. W., Wosinska, W., Butner, J., Gornik-Durose, M., Petrova, P., & Cialdini, R. B.
(2004).  The nature of the motivation to comply across cultures:  The impact of
social obligation.  Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 19-31.

Cialdini, R. B., Wosinska, W., Barrett, D. W., Butner, J., & Gornik-Durose, M. (2001).  The differential impact of two social influence principles on individualists and collectivists in Poland and the U.S.  In W. Wosinska, R. B. Cialdini, D. W. Barrett, & J. Reykowski (Eds.), The practice of social influence in multiple cultures. Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum, Associates.

Ackerman, J., Barrett, D.W.,  Killeen, P.R., Maner, J.K., Rennaker, R., Sitomer, M.T., Sundie, J. (2003).  Ought from is.  A book review of M. Hocutt’s Grounded Ethics:  The normative basis of empirical judgments.  Behavior and Philosophy, 31, 195-201.

Winter, P. L., Sagarin, B. J., Rhoads, K., Barrett, D. W., & Cialdini, R. B. (2000). Choosing to encourage or discourage:  Perceived effectiveness of prescriptive versus proscriptive
messages. Environmental Management, 6, 589-594.

Cialdini, R. B., Wosinska, W., Barrett, D. W., Butner, J., & Gornik-Durose, M. (1999).
Compliance with a request in two cultures:  The differential influence of social proof
and commitment/consistency on collectivists and individualists.  Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1242-1253.

 

INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Barrett, D. W.  (October, 2007).  A social influence demonstration.  Annual Conference of the Northeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology and Northeastern Psychological Association, Danbury, CT.

Barrett, D. W. (2006, May).  The birth of a  journal.  Paper presented as part of a panel at the 18th Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention as part of the Psi Chi Program, New York, NY.

 

CONFERENCE AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS

Aloni, M., Barrett, D.W., Connally, N., D’Esposito, K. & Prieto, H. (October, 2014). To flip (your classroom) or not to flip? Research-based strategies for reinventing the classroom. Presented at the Annual Conference on Teaching of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Reid, J., Thompson, K., Barrett, D.W., & Connally, N. (2013, August). Identifying barriers to chemical-based tick-borne disease prevention measures: A survey of health fair participants in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Presented at the 13^th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Boston, MA.

Barrett, D. W. (2007, May).  Deception and suspicion probes in psychological research.  Poster presented at the 19th Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, Washington, D.C.

Barrett, D. W. (2006, May).  The development of epistemic beliefs through adolescence.  Poster presented at the 18th Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, New York, NY.

Barrett, D. W. (2006, May).  The development of epistemic beliefs through adolescence.  Poster presented at the 10th CSU Faculty Research Conference, Danbury, CT. [same as 2006 APS poster above]

Martin, S. M., Barrett, D. W., & Rosser, R. (2006, May).  Youth responses to terrorist- and naturally-caused disasters.  Poster presented at the 18th Annual Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY.

Barrett, D. W., Cialdini, R. B., Demaine, L., Sagarin, B. J., & Rhoads, K. (2005, October). The poison parasite:  Turning an ad against itself.  Poster presented at the Connecticut State University Faculty Research Conference, New Britain, CT.

Petrova, P., Cialdini, R. B., Barrett, D. W., Goldstein, N., & Maner, J. (2005, September).  Effective counter persuasion:  Creating lasting resistance to a stronger opponent.  Presented at the Association for Consumer Research Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Martin, S. M., Barrett, D. W., Rosser, R. A. (2005, May).  The girls who gave: A Study of the endowment effect in children’s donating behavior.  Poster presented at the 17th Annual American Psychological Society Convention, Los Angeles, CA.

Zhao, X, Cappella, J.N., Fishbein, M., & Barrett, D. W. (May, 2005).  A measure of argument strength for anti-drug PSAs targeted to adolescents:  Reliability and validity.  Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Henderson, V.R., Hennessy, M., Barrett, D. W., Martin, S., & Fishbein, M. (May, 2005).  Tell me more: Sensation seeking and information seeking in evaluating romantic partners.  Poster presented at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Barrett, D. W., Ahern, R. K., Cappella, J., Fishbein, M., & Yzer, M. (2004, May). Measuring the effectiveness of anti-drug public service announcements. Presented at the Health Communication Division of the International Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Barrett, D. W., & Cialdini, R. B. (2004, January). A tale of two primes:  The conscious and unconscious activation of consistency motivation.  Presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Nagoshi, C. T., Patock-Peckham, J. A., Hutchinson, G. T., Adams, S. L., & Barrett, D. W. (2002, June).  Guilt, shame, and drinking prohibition as mediators of the religiosity/alcohol use relationship.  Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.

Barrett, D. W., Wosinska, W., Butner, J., Gornik-Durose, M., Petrova, P., & Cialdini, R. B.
(2002, February).  When strangers need help:  Social obligation across cultures.  Poster presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Savannah, GA.

Barrett, D. W., Patock-Peckham, J. A., Hutchinson, G., & Nagoshi, C. T.  (2001, August). Religious orientation and social cognitive motivation.  Paper presented at the 109th American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Winter, P., Cialdini, R. B., Barrett, D. W., Demaine, L., Sagarin, B. J., & Rhoads, K. (2001, May).  The persuasive power of normative messages in effecting environmental responsibility.  Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, Maui, HI.

Barrett, D. W., Cialdini, R. B., Demaine. L., Sagarin, B. J., & Rhoads, K.  (2001, February). The poison parasite:  Turning an ad against itself.  Poster presented at the Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Barrett, D. W. (2000, November).  Signs of the times:  Changing behavior.  Paper presented at the Fifth Annual International Adopt-A-Highway Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Barrett, D. W., & Cialdini, R. B. (2000, February).  The Effects of Dispositional and Situational Consistency on Unwarranted Belief Perseverance.  Poster presented at the First Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, TN.

Cialdini, R. B., Wosinska, W., Barrett, D. W., Butner, J., & Gornik-Durose, M. (1999, October)  Compliance with a Request in Two Cultures:  The Differential Influence of Social Proof and Commitment/Consistency on Collectivists and Individualists.  Poster presented at the Annual Faculty Research and Campus Assessment Poster Session, Arizona State University West, Glendale, AZ.

Cialdini, R. B., Wosinska, W., Barrett, D. W., Butner, J., & Gornik-Durose, M. (1997, August).   Compliance With Influence Attempts Using The Principles of Social Proof and Commitment/Consistency in Two Cultures. Paper presented at the US-Polish Conference, The Practice of Social Influence in Established and Emerging Democracies, Krakow, Poland.